A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Mind Quotes

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Little boats should keep near shore

Little boats should keep near shore

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

A good example is the best sermon.

A good example is the best sermon.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

Who says Jack is not generous? He is always fond of giving, and cares not...

Who says Jack is not generous? He is always fond of giving, and cares not...

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory,...

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory,...

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest...